# 2009–10 UC Sampdoria season

2009–10 Serie A is the 62nd Serie A season in Unione Calcio Sampdoria's history. Sampdoria also participated in 2009–10 Coppa Italia, starting from the 3rd round. Sampdoria finished the 2008–09 Serie A season in 13th place, so they failed to qualify for any of the European competitions for the 2009–10 season. On 16 May 2010, Sampdoria finished their great season with a 1–0 win against S.S.C. Napoli, securing 4th place in 2009–10 Serie A and the final 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualification spot.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Luca Castellazzi |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Fabio Lamorte |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Reto Ziegler |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Pietro Accardi |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Stefano Lucchini |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Daniele Mannini |
| 8 | DF | ITA | Luciano Zauri (on loan from Lazio) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Nicola Pozzi (on loan from Empoli) |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Giampaolo Pazzini |
| 11 | FW | SRB | Stefan Šćepović (on loan from OFK Beograd) |
| 12 | MF | ARG | Fernando Tissone |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Marco Rossi (on loan from Parma) |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Dieter Elsneg (on loan from Frosinone) |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Vasco Regini |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Andrea Poli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Angelo Palombo |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Stefano Guberti (on loan from Roma) |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Daniele Franceschini |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Marco Padalino |
| 21 | GK | ITA | Matteo Guardalben |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Fabrizio Cacciatore |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Mario Cassano (on loan from Piacenza) |
| 27 | GK | ITA | Marco Costantino (on loan from SPAL) |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Daniele Gastaldello |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Marco Storari (on loan from Milan) |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Franco Semioli |
| 90 | FW | ITA | Emanuele Testardi (on loan from Pescara) |
| 91 | MF | ITA | Roberto Soriano |
| 92 | DF | ITA | Daniele Messina |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Antonio Cassano |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Claudio Bellucci (on loan to Livorno) |
| 23 | DF | LTU | Marius Stankevičius (on loan to Sevilla) |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Paolo Sammarco (on loan to Udinese) |
| 34 | MF | ITA | Daniele Dessena (on loan to Cagliari) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 88 | FW | ITA | Salvatore Foti (on loan to Piacenza) |
| 89 | FW | ITA | Guido Marilungo (on loan to Lecce) |
| 90 | GK | ITA | Vincenzo Fiorillo (on loan to Reggina) |

## List of transfers in 2009–10

Players in
| Player | From | Type | Tr. Window |
| Gianluigi Bianco | Empoli | Co-ownership resolution | Summer |
| Matteo Guardalben | Treviso | Transfer | Summer |
| Fernando Tissone | Udinese | Transfer | Summer |
| Salvatore Foti | Treviso | Transfer | Summer |
| Daniele Mannini | Napoli | Transfer | Summer |
| Franco Semioli | Fiorentina | Transfer | Summer |
| Nicola Pozzi | Empoli | Loan | Summer |
| Marco Rossi | Parma | Loan | Summer |
| Luciano Zauri | Lazio | Loan | Summer |
| Mario Cassano | Piacenza | Loan | Winter |
| Marco Storari | Milan | Loan | Winter |
| Stefano Guberti | Roma | Loan | Winter |
| Stefan Šćepović | OFK Belgrade | Loan | Winter |
Players out
| Player | To | Transfer Window |
| Jonathan Rossini | Udinese | Summer |
| Mirko Eramo | Monza | Summer |
| Massimo Bonanni | Pescara | Summer |
| Emiliano Bonazzoli | Reggina | Summer |
| Hugo Campagnaro | Napoli | Summer |
| Leonardo Miglionico | Livorno | Summer |
| Gennaro Delvecchio | Catania | Summer |
| Mirko Pieri | Livorno | Summer |
| Michele Ferri | Vicenza | Summer |
| Stefano Scappini | Ravenna | Summer |
| Gianluigi Bianco | Sassuolo | Summer (Loan) |
| Solomon Enow | Spezia | Summer (co-ownership) |
| Luca Calzolaio | Spezia | Summer (co-ownership) |
| Marius Stankevičius | Sevilla | Winter(Loan) |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Roma | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 80 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Milan | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Sampdoria | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 67 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Palermo | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 65 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Napoli | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 59 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2010. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Squad statistics

Last update 17 May 2010'
| No. | Position | Player | Total Apps(40) | Total GS | Total | Serie A Apps(38) | Serie A GS | Serie A | Cop. It. Apps(2) | Cop. It. GS | Cop. It. |
| 1 | GK | Luca Castellazzi | 20 | 20 | 28* | 19 | 19 | 26* | 1 | 1 | 2* |
| 21 | GK | Matteo Guardalben | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Mario Cassano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Marco Storari | 19 | 19 | 14* | 19 | 19 | 14* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | GK | Vincenzo Fiorillo | 2 | 1 | 3* | 1 | 0 | 1* | 1 | 1 | 2* |
| 5 | DF | Pietro Accardi | 15 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Stefano Lucchini | 28 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Marco Rossi | 22 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Vasco Regini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 11 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Marius Stankevičius | 16 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Daniele Gastaldello | 33 | 33 | 3 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Reto Ziegler | 38 | 32 | 2 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Daniele Mannini | 38 | 27 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Luciano Zauri | 33 | 26 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Fernando Tissone | 31 | 17 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Andrea Poli | 32 | 26 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Angelo Palombo | 38 | 38 | 3 | 36 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Stefano Guberti | 16 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Daniele Franceschini | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Marco Padalino | 22 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | Franco Semioli | 26 | 25 | 2 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Roberto Soriano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Nicola Pozzi | 19 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Giampaolo Pazzini | 39 | 38 | 21 | 37 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | Claudio Bellucci | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Stefan Šćepović | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | Salvatore Foti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | Emanuele Testardi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Antonio Cassano | 33 | 31 | 11 | 32 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Goalscorers

    Source:
| | Total | Serie A |
| Pazzini | 21 | 19 |
| Cassano | 11 | 9 |
| Mannini | 6 | 5 |
| Gastaldello | 3 | 3 |
| Palombo | 3 | 2 |
| Padalino | 3 | 2 |
| Semioli | 2 | 2 |
| Pozzi | 2 | 2 |
| Guberti | 2 | 2 |
| Ziegler | 2 | 2 |
| Rossi | 1 | 1 |